Young Boy from Sharecropper Family New Madrid County 1938

A young boy from a sharecropper family stands in New Madrid County, Missouri in May 1938. Sharecropping was a common practice in the South, often leaving families in difficult economic situations. During the Great Depression, many rural families struggled to make ends meet, relying on small-scale farming for survival.

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